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Clinical Diagnostics
Clinical Diagnostics: The identification of a disease in regards to a patient's complaints based merely on signs, symptoms, and medical history of the patient rather than on laboratory examination or medical imaging.
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FEB 08, 2016Neuroscience
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder, which impairs communication and social interaction skills. The CDC reports that ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 08, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
According to researchers from the National Institute of Health (NIH), a simple blood test may soon be able to detect fiv ...FEB 02, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Single-stranded molecules of DNA called “aptamers” have been studied since 1990 for their ability to bind an ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 24, 2016Microbiology
Researchers at UC San Diego are perfecting a new technique to determine antibiotic susceptibility. Time is of the ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Ovarian cancers have one of the highest mortality rates, ranking fifth in cancer deaths among women. Early detection is ...JAN 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
According to a new study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, heart attacks can now be accurately diagnosed wi ...JAN 15, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Metastasis is one of the biggest challenges facing current available cancer treatments. It is this unpredictable progres ...JAN 13, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new diagnostic test offered earlier in pregnancy could help doctors determine if mothers-to-be are at risk of giving b ...JAN 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists at Harvard University created a disposable device that can predict a patient’s blood clotting tendencie ...DEC 28, 2015Neuroscience
There is an old saying that goes, “When you know better, you do better.” It’s true. When there is an a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 19, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In West and Central Africa, a bite from the tsetse fly could send a person in to a fatal coma. Doctors have now develope ...DEC 15, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Instead of invasive biopsies, doctors could soon detect melanoma metastasis with a handheld scanning device. A team of r ...DEC 09, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In a move towards objectivity and higher precision, researchers at the University of Georgia have identified a number of ...DEC 08, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Sepsis is one of the most serious medical conditions that can scare even the best-trained doctors. When sepsis hits, thi ...DEC 04, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In medical emergencies like strokes, every second matters. The condition is highly time-sensitive, as survival is direct ...NOV 24, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In a time when precision medicine and genetic testing are booming, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a ste ...NOV 22, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
The embattled Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos are in hot water again as new research reports that the one-drop blood testi ...NOV 19, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Could a shorter brain fold be diagnostic of hallucinations associated with schizophrenia? After analyzing the MRI scans ...NOV 05, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
With an estimated value at $9 billion, Theranos is, by all rights, not an average multi-billion dollar biotech startup. ...OCT 26, 2015Cancer
It seems like almost anything these days can be a trigger for various forms of cancer. The latest findings from research ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 29, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s not exactly known when in the history of life that cells went from being not alive, to alive. But despite not ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 11, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a case still baffling to physicians, last summer, a 74-year-old woman from San Francisco’s Chinatown was admitt ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 24, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Even though it's awesome, science isn't perfect. Despite the fact that science involves math, an absolute ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
UC San Francisco has launched the UCSF Center for Next-Gen Precision Medicine Diagnostics, a dedicated research center f ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
FEB 08, 2016
Neuroscience
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder, which impairs communication and social interaction skills. The CDC reports that
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 08, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to researchers from the National Institute of Health (NIH), a simple blood test may soon be able to detect fiv
...
FEB 02, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Single-stranded molecules of DNA called “aptamers” have been studied since 1990 for their ability to bind an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 24, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers at UC San Diego are perfecting a new technique to determine antibiotic susceptibility. Time is of the
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ovarian cancers have one of the highest mortality rates, ranking fifth in cancer deaths among women. Early detection is
...
JAN 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to a new study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, heart attacks can now be accurately diagnosed wi
...
JAN 15, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Metastasis is one of the biggest challenges facing current available cancer treatments. It is this unpredictable progres
...
JAN 13, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new diagnostic test offered earlier in pregnancy could help doctors determine if mothers-to-be are at risk of giving b
...
JAN 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists at Harvard University created a disposable device that can predict a patient’s blood clotting tendencie
...
DEC 28, 2015
Neuroscience
There is an old saying that goes, “When you know better, you do better.” It’s true. When there is an a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 19, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In West and Central Africa, a bite from the tsetse fly could send a person in to a fatal coma. Doctors have now develope
...
DEC 15, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Instead of invasive biopsies, doctors could soon detect melanoma metastasis with a handheld scanning device. A team of r
...
DEC 09, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a move towards objectivity and higher precision, researchers at the University of Georgia have identified a number of
...
DEC 08, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Sepsis is one of the most serious medical conditions that can scare even the best-trained doctors. When sepsis hits, thi
...
DEC 04, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In medical emergencies like strokes, every second matters. The condition is highly time-sensitive, as survival is direct
...
NOV 24, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a time when precision medicine and genetic testing are booming, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a ste
...
NOV 22, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
The embattled Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos are in hot water again as new research reports that the one-drop blood testi
...
NOV 19, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Could a shorter brain fold be diagnostic of hallucinations associated with schizophrenia? After analyzing the MRI scans
...
NOV 05, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
With an estimated value at $9 billion, Theranos is, by all rights, not an average multi-billion dollar biotech startup.
...
OCT 26, 2015
Cancer
It seems like almost anything these days can be a trigger for various forms of cancer. The latest findings from research
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 29, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s not exactly known when in the history of life that cells went from being not alive, to alive. But despite not
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 11, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In a case still baffling to physicians, last summer, a 74-year-old woman from San Francisco’s Chinatown was admitt
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 24, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Even though it's awesome, science isn't perfect. Despite the fact that science involves math, an absolute
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
UC San Francisco has launched the UCSF Center for Next-Gen Precision Medicine Diagnostics, a dedicated research center f
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider